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python to perl conversion?

Jesse D. Sightler jsight at mindspring.com
Tue Jul 20 18:13:44 EDT 1999 
Well, COBOL does to, but that doesn't mean I'd write any of it.  :-)

John Jensen wrote:
> 
> David Young <dyoung at pobox.com> wrote:
> : Is there a program that converts Python source to Perl source?  There is
> : a program that a client wants written in Perl so that their Perl-only
> : programmers (can you imagine?) can hack on it later. I haven't the time or
> : inclination to learn Perl, and this project fairly cries out for Python,
> : but I cannot justify the time expense of translating from Python to Perl
> : by hand.
> 
> I think I lean towards Python for beauty, but Perl does have its role in
> commerce:
> 
>         http://www.robojob.com/lang.html
> 
> It might be good to know both, to use the one you prefer on projects you
> control, but to use the other when the client specifies.
> 
> John

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